Groups gathe opposition to Perry's Prayer gathering.

[JoeChalupa]

http://www.kens5.com/news/local/126781518.html

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Civil liberties groups are gathering together in opposition to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's day of prayer and fasting this weekend.

The groups, which say they represent tens of thousands of Texans, oppose the governor's prayer meeting on Saturday because they say it disrespects the separation of church and state. They also complain that the groups organizing the event hold extreme positions on freedom of religion, homosexuality and the role of religion in government.

Perry has rejected the criticisms as unfair.

The Texas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is hosting an alternative event in Houston Friday night. The Texas Freedom Network sent Perry a letter signed by 10,000 people saying he is using religion for political gain. People for the American Way criticized the event as excluding non-evangelical Christians.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I'm glad Perry ain't Muslim.

[Trainwreck2100]

The groups, which say they represent tens of thousands of Texans, oppose the governor's prayer meeting on Saturday because they say it disrespects the separation of church and state.

Is he using state money? If not shut the fuck up about seperation of church and state

[coyotes_geek]

Perry has the same freedom to practice his religious beliefs as the rest of us. There's no merit to the opposition.

[boutons_deux]

La Nina is, no surprise, more powerful than Ricky Bobby's cynical pandering for "Christian" bubbas.

La Nina, "associated with" warmer and drier weather (anybody seen any weather like that?), is now forecast to stick around until well into 2012.

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_south.htm

[boutons_deux]

Why isn't Ricky Bobby, wanting to be president of ALL Americans, inviting Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Catholics, etc?

Can't wealthy, white "Christians" get along with everybody?

Or do they think (their flavor of Protestant) "Christians" are supreme?

[Trainwreck2100]

Why isn't Ricky Bobby, wanting to be president of ALL Americans, inviting Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Catholics, etc?

Can't wealthy, white "Christians" get along with everybody?

Or do they think (their flavor of Protestant) "Christians" are supreme?

He shouldn't have to

[boutons_deux]

nobody said he "HAD TO".

[Drachen]

I'm fairly liberal, but I don't care if he wants to go into a room with a bunch of other people and think real hard.

[ChumpDumper]

They're playing right into Perry's hands opposing his participation in the event. They should be questioning the timing and exposing it as the cynical political stunt that it is.

[SnakeBoy]

La Nina, "associated with" warmer and drier weather (anybody seen any weather like that?), is now forecast to stick around until well into 2012.


La Nina is already gone so it can't stick around. Some models predict La Nina reforming in late 2011/early 2012. Those models are unreliable at best.

It is impressive how you can connect anything and everything you hear to politics though.

[boutons_deux]

Drought in Texas, plains may persist until 2012

The U.S. Climate Prediction Center said Thursday that the La Nina weather phenomenon blamed for the crippling lack of rain might be back soon, just two months after the last La Nina ended. If that happens, the drought would almost certainly extend into 2012.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/New-La-Nina-watch-issued-worrying-parched-Texas-1719942.php

It's that prayer-loving Ricky Bobby Perry, aka politician, that connected the weather and praying. I'm sure they'll say a prayer for rain at his camp meeting, er, cynical campaign meeting. And I bet the praying will work, it works every time.

[Drachen]

Drought in Texas, plains may persist until 2012

The U.S. Climate Prediction Center said Thursday that the La Nina weather phenomenon blamed for the crippling lack of rain might be back soon, just two months after the last La Nina ended. If that happens, the drought would almost certainly extend into 2012.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/New-La-Nina-watch-issued-worrying-parched-Texas-1719942.php

It's that prayer-loving Ricky Bobby Perry, aka politician, that connected the weather and praying. I'm sure they'll say a prayer for rain at his camp meeting, er, cynical campaign meeting. And I bet the praying will work, it works every time.

I think that we are arguing your choice of words. something cant stick around if it is gone. It can come back.

[DarrinS]

Drought in Texas, plains may persist until 2012

The U.S. Climate Prediction Center said Thursday that the La Nina weather phenomenon blamed for the crippling lack of rain might be back soon, just two months after the last La Nina ended. If that happens, the drought would almost certainly extend into 2012.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/New-La-Nina-watch-issued-worrying-parched-Texas-1719942.php

It's that prayer-loving Ricky Bobby Perry, aka politician, that connected the weather and praying. I'm sure they'll say a prayer for rain at his camp meeting, er, cynical campaign meeting. And I bet the praying will work, it works every time.

It's not from car exhaust? WTF????

[ChuckD]

Perry has the same freedom to practice his religious beliefs as the rest of us. There's no merit to the opposition.

He's not doing it as a private citizen. He's going in his official capacity as Governor of the state of Texas to an event that is exclusionary to anyone not a fundamentalist Christian. The GOP pulls a certain amount of Jewish and Muslim social conservatives. He's going to lose most of those incidental non-Christian social conservatives with this stunt.

[DMX7]

If you've heard what he has said about why he's doing this, then you know it's essentially a business trip.

[Winehole23]

Perry has the same freedom to practice his religious beliefs as the rest of us. There's no merit to the opposition.Agreed, but Perry is justly denounced as a hypocrite.

[Nbadan]

It's not from car exhaust? WTF????

:lol

Manny agrees!